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The chandelier's muted light paints moving shadows over the walls as the murmur of conversation dies down and Rebekah takes her leave. Heat from the fireplace licks at the edges of the room, but it's the warmth of Elijah's body beside you that draws your focus, his arm settling around your waist, fingertips grazing the seam of your back pocket. You look up into his courteous, composed smile—and find, across the dim space, the fixed, gleaming stares of Klaus and Kol, their lips curved in identical, knowing smirks. Which of them will be the first to speak into the waiting silence, love?